{"id":520610,"date":"2026-03-07T15:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/520610\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T15:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:02:07","slug":"environment-canada-calls-for-significant-rainfall-across-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/520610\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment Canada calls for significant rainfall across Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/UCGSNSPEMVAK3HL23NQ2MCFGQA.JPG?auth=0554bb440ec2b7056bd0e43b197cffe3f357c595b8307b7fa32e9ef019d2b285&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">A pedestrian walks on a rainy day in Toronto on June 18, 2021.Nathan Denette\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Environment Canada is calling for 15 to 40 millimetres of rain and thunderstorms across Ontario, leading to potential flooding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement calling for 15 to 40 millimetres of rainfall, with locally higher totals possible due to thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Rain combined with mild temperatures is expected to melt much of the existing snowpack, as frozen ground will limit absorption, increasing runoff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Water may pool on roads and in other low-lying areas as snowmelt adds to the rainfall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The weather agency says several rounds of showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected to continue through Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Drivers are being urged not to drive through flooded roads and to watch for washouts near rivers and creeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Environment Canada says that for more information on flooding, consult your local Conservation Authority or the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: A pedestrian walks on a rainy day in Toronto on June 18, 2021.Nathan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,66,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-520610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-science","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}